Tag Archives: Famous victories

2nd September 1980-League Cup Second Round Second Leg, Watford 7 (Seven) Southampton 1 (After Extra Time, Watford won 7-5 on aggregate)

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http://watford.fcdb.info?id=3347

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Radio report taken from WFC.Net

Watford Observer match report

Daily Telegraph, 3 Sep 1980

Evening Standard, 3 Sep 1980

Southern Daily Echo, 3 Sep 1980

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Taken from the programme on 13th September 1980-Division Two, Watford 2 Preston North End 1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Football_League_Cup

WATFORD fans, so satiated with success in recent years, were presented with an incredible football platter on Tuesday night which gagged, choked, numbed and finally consumed them to send everyone home in a delirium of delicious daydreams.

BSAD report: After the fourth went in we all went absolutely apeshit

The club chose to mark the scoreline by releasing a commemorative pen.

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This was featured in From The Rookery End’s ‘WFC in 100 objects

WFC in 100 Objects – #11 7-1 Pen

14th March 2015- Championship, Watford 4 Reading 1

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Taken from the programme on 19th September 2009- Championship, Watford 3 Leicester City 3

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14th May 1979- Division Three, Watford 4 Hull City 0

We needed to beat Hull in our final game of the season to guarantee promotion.

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=3291

Watford Observer match report

The Guardian, 15 May 1979

Evening Standard, 15 May 1979

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The final table looked like this.

https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-three/26-may-1979/

4th October 1978-League Cup Third Round, Manchester United 1 Watford 2

Watford Observer match preview

Manchester Evening News, 30 Sep 1978

Manchester Evening News, 4 Oct 1978

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=3247

Watford Observer match report

Daily Telegraph, 5 Oct 1978

Guardian, 5 Oct 1978

Evening Standard, 5 Oct 1978

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_Football_League_Cup

BSAD report:Having spent the last decade or so in the cathedral-like calm of Vicarage Road I was unprepared for the sheer volume that 45,000 screaming Mancs could achieve.

8th April 1978- Division Four, Scunthorpe United 0 Watford 1

This victory secured us the Fourth Division title with six games to spare.

https://watford.fcdb.info?id=3227&s=103675&p=1

People, 9 Apr 1978

Watford Observer match report

https://www.soccerbase.com/matches/results.sd?date=1978-04-08

https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-four/08-april-1978/

21st February 1970-FA Cup Sixth Round, Watford 1 Liverpool 0

Watford Observer match preview

Original coverage

ESPN Classic version

http://watford.fcdb.info?id=2820

Evening Standard, 21 Feb 1970

Observer, 22 Feb 1970

The People, 22 Feb 1970

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Daily Telegraph, 23 Feb 1970

Guardian, 23 Feb 1970

Liverpool Daily Post, 23 Feb 1970

Liverpool Echo, 23 Feb 1970

Watford Observer match report

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_FA_Cup

BSAD report: I was only nine at the time, but this match left such an impression that some years later I wrote about it in my English ‘O’ Level (the examiner must have been a Watford fan…I got an ‘A’!).

25th January 2005-League Cup Semi Final Second Leg, Watford 0 Liverpool 1 (Liverpool won 2-0 on aggregate)

7th February 1970- FA Cup Fifth Round, Watford 2 Gillingham 1

http://watford.fcdb.info/index.php?page=matches

Evening Standard, 7 Feb 1970

Sunday Mirror, 8 Feb 1970

Sunday People, 8 Feb 1970

Observer, 8 Feb 1970

Watford Observer match reflection

The draw for the Sixth Round was made the following Monday and this is how the Evening Standard reported it.

Evening Standard, 9 Feb 1970